Game apparatus.



No. 631,004. Patented Aug. I5, I899. c. a. BURNS. GAME APPARATUS.

(Apphcatlcn filed Sept 2 97.)

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WITNESSES I INVENTOR ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 7c NITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLEM G. BURNS, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO A. FREDMORRIS AND ISADORE KOCH, OF SAME PLACE.

GAM E APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631,004, dated August15, 1899. Application filed September 25, 1897. Serial No. 653,043. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLEM G. BURNS, a resident of Alliance, in the countyof Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same. v

My invention relates to an improvement in game apparatus, the object ofthe invention being to provide a simple and inexpensive puzzle withwhich it shall be more or less difficult to accomplish the desired end,and thus require a degree of skill in order to successfully manipulateit, which can be operated by simply moving it into diiferent angles, andwhich shall afford a great amount of amusement.

lVith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective showingone way my invention can be carried into effect, and Fig. 2 is asectional view of one of the men or moving objects of the puzzle orgame.

A represents an ordinary box, which may represent a plot or territoryprovided with the fence or sides 1 of sufficient height to prevent themen or moving objects 2 from j umping out. The box may, if desired, beclosed by a glass cover. At or about the center of the field orterritory A an inclosure a is located and may be made to represent amountain provided with an opening 4, through which the men are to bemade to pass. For instance, the inclosure may be made to represent theKlondike mining region, and the men or objects may represent minersendeavoring to reach the coveted goal, or I might employ any otherdesired representation to designate the desired goal. For instance, thegoal may represent a voting-booth and some of the men coloreddifferently from the others to represent different political parties, inwhich case the object would be to get as many men as possible into thegoal in a given time,

so that the largest number of men of one color would elect theircandidate.

The men 2 consist of ordinary capsules 5 or other elliptical shells andhaving weights, such as a shot or ball 6, loosely contained therein,whereby to change the center of gravity as the device is moved about bythe user and give the men the appearance of nervously jumping for thedesired goal or field or territory A. The capsules are preferably gildedor otherwise colored to hide the weight or shot contained therein. Whenthe device is used as a political puzzle, some of the men may be made torepresent gold and the others silver.

Thus it will be seen from the above description that the puzzle is to beoperated as follows: The men 2 are placed in any desired positionsoutside the desired goal a and the boX is to be manipulated so as tocompel the men to jump around and to finally pass into the goal withoutthe hands coming into contact with the men at all.

An ordinary cover (not shown) may be provided, whereby to make thedevice convenient to carry or ship.

It is evident that numerous slight changes and alterations might be madein the general form and arrangement of the several parts herein shownand described without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention, and hence I would have it understood that I do not limitmyself to the precise details of construction herein shown; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is

1. A game apparatus, comprising a board having an open goal therein, anda movable object comprising an outer shell entirely closed andcontaining a weight loose and movable therein, said board being ofsufficient width to admit of lateral as well as endwise movement of themovable object.

2. A game apparatus, comprisingamovable object consisting of ashellentirely closed and having a weight inclosed and movable therein, and aboard having an open goal therein, said board being of sufficient widthto admit of lateral as well as straight forward and backward movement ofthe object.

3. A-game apparatus, comprising a board having an open goal therein, andmovable object cylindrical in general form with semispherical closedends and containing a loose weight movable therein, the board being ofsuch dimensions as to admit of the objects turning freely on either thelongitudinal or transverse axis.

4. A game apparatus, comprising a board having an inclosure a thereon,said inelosure having an opening 4 in its side,- and movable objectcylindrical in general form with semi 5. A movable object for gameapparatus, comprising telescopic half-shells containing a weight looseand movable therein.

6. The combination with a game apparatus having a substantially planesurface, of an object comprising a cylindrical shell closed in at bothends, by walls hemispherical within and without, and a rolling'weightinclosed and free to move therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

CLEM G. BURNS.

lVitnesses:

JOSEPH KOCH, WILLIAM M. BoAoH.

